In today's Agent Insights post, Ryan - a Realtor in Raleigh, North Carolina - offers agent advice about best ways to generate real estate leads online.

Here's Ryan:

Struggling to generate real estate leads?

Generating leads takes a lot of time and effort, and you won't see immediate results. However if you stay with it, the results will pay off handsomely.

How does a couple new leads per day sound? If you aren’t already using these strategies for generating leads online you should consider starting today.

6 Strategies for Generating Real Estate Leads Online:

In today's Agent Insights - Karen Parsons - Fiddler, an Orange County Broker, tells us what not to do as a Real Estate Agent.

In today's Agent Insights post, Karen Fidler - a Real Estate Broker and Owner out of Orange County and Lake Arrowhead, CA - provides tips for how to delight your sellers.

Here’s Karen:

We all want our clients to love us, but we can easily make it a reality. Sellers are already a bit different from buyers. They have made a decision to move, they have an asset and they are putting their home out there for opinion and viewing - all the while hoping someone loves it as much as they do… and will offer a fair price for it.

So, how can we as agents get our real estate sellers to fall in love with us?

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In today's Agent Insights post, Teri Pacitto - a RE/MAX Real Estate Agent in Westlake Village, California - gives advice for what to include (and what not to include) in real estate email signatures.

In today’s abridged Agent Insights post, Jeff Knox - featured Inman writer and Dallas, Texas Broker of Knox & Associates Real Estate - explains how agents can effectively grow their business and online real estate marketing strategy with PPC Marketing and Google AdWords.

Here’s Jeff:

Google Adwords and PPC can be like the Song of the Sirens to Realtors. For those who aren't familiar with Greek mythology, the Song of the Sirens was a story of beautiful creatures who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. AdWords can be just as alluring to Realtors looking for instant access to willing buyers and sellers.

PPC means instant traffic to your website and the possibility of quick closings and commissions. In theory, what could be better than advertising on the first page of Google to consumers searching for their new home? These possibilities are often too tempting for agents to pass without at least giving PPC a shot. However, PPC can and will eat you and your wallet alive if you don't know what you're doing.  

Don't get me wrong...the rest of my article isn't about how to avoid the temptations of PPC but rather how to make PPC actually work for you as a Realtor.

First, What exactly is PPC?